Pegasus over Niblett Hall
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The Littleton Building stands on the site of the
former Niblett Hall. The main part of the building is occupied by
a set of chambers and the basement houses the Library's non-law
collections
The original building, Niblett Hall, was erected
in 1932 out of a legacy from William Charles Niblett of Singapore,
barrister of the Inn, as a lecture-room and meeting-place. The architect
was Sydney Tatchell. It stood on the site of the Alienation Office
Garden, named from the Office of Compositions for Alienations (established
in 1577); at the end of the seventeenth century this became the
Benchers' Garden, laid out in the Dutch style with tulips, orange
trees in tubs, and a fountain. After the destruction of the main
hall in the Blitz, the Niblett Hall served for fourteen years as
a substitute. It was demolished in 1992 to make way for the Littleton
Building.
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